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Description

In this screen you have the ability to look at your sections and sort them in different ways. You can also edit existing sections and create new ones. You can enter the Section Manager by clicking on the Section Manager icon in the Control Panel, or by clicking on 'Section Manager' in the 'Content' menu at the Back-end of your Joomla! 1.5 installation.

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Column Headers

In the table with all sections from your Joomla! site displayed, you will see different columns. Here you can read what they mean and what is displayed in each column.

Checkbox: You can select this box to select a section. You will need to do this for several actions, for example editing and deleting.

Title: The title of the section. When you click on this title, you will go to the edit page of this section. You can find the help screen about this part of the Section Manager here: Screen.sections.edit.15.

Published: In this column you can see whether the section is pubished or unpublished. A green hook is shown when the section is published, a red cross sign when the section is unpublished. Click on the icon to toggle between published and unpublished.

Order: The order of the sections. You can change this order by changing the number and click on the save icon at the column header, or by using the small green triangles.

Access Level: The access level of the section. It will display the word Public (everyone can see it), Registered (all logged-in users can see it) or Special (every one with a higher group then 'Registered' can see it). Click on it to toggle between the different access levels.

# Categories: The number of categories within this section. The categories can be made for a section in the Category Manager.

# Active: The number of active articles within this section. The active articles include the published and unplished articles, but not the trashed ones.

# Trash: The number of trashed articles from this secticon. These articles can be found at the Article Trash. You can restore or delete them there.

ID: The ID number of the section. You can not change this number.

Sorting of table

You can sort the rows of the table in different ways. You can also decide to only show the published sections or the unpublished sections.

Title: Click on this column header to sort the sections by title, ascending, or when you click another time on it, descending.

Published: Click on this column header to sort the sections by their state, ascending (Published first), or when you click another time on it, descending (Unpublished first).

Order: Click on this column header to sort the sections by order, ascending, or when you click another time on it, descending.

Access Level: Click on this column header to sort the sections by their access level, ascending, or when you will click another time on it, descending.

ID: Click on this column header to sort the users by their ID, ascending, or when you will click another time on it, descending.

Select State: Select from the drop-down box 'Published' to only display the published sections, or select 'Unpublished' to only display the unpublished sections.

Filter: Enter words to search for particular sections. Click on the 'Go' button to search, and on the 'Reset' button to go back to the main screen of the Section Manager and delete the search results.

Display #: Select from the drop-down box how many sections there should be displayed on one page.

Toolbar

At the top right you will see the toolbar:

The functions are:

Publish: Select one or more sections who are currently unpublished and click on this button. The selected sections will then get an unpublished state.

Unpublish: Select one or more sections who are currently published and click on this button. The selected sections will then get a published state.

Copy: Select one or more sections and click on this button. Fill in the title for the new section, and click on the Save button. A new section will be created with the categories and articles from the copied sections.

Delete: Select one or more sections and click on this button. The sections you selected will be deleted.

Edit: Select a section and click on this button. You will enter the Section Manager - Edit page. More information about this page can be found here: Screen.sections.edit.15.

New: Click on this button to create a new section. You will enter the Section Manager - New page. More information about this page can be found here: Screen.sections.edit.15.

Help: Click on this button to access the Help Screen for the Section Manager. That is the same screen you are reading right now.

Version Changes

The differences between the Joomla! 1.0.x Section Manager and the Joomla! 1.5 Section Manager are mostly about the sorting of the sections. In the Joomla! 1.0.x versions you were not able to click on the column headers to sort the sections by the specific column, ascending or descending. In Joomla! 1.5 there is only a Title, while there was a Section Name and a Title in Joomla! 1.0.x. In Joomla! 1.5 you are able to set the Alias, used for SEF, in Joomla! 1.0.x this option was not available.

Typical Usage

You will use the Section Manager when you want to do some actions with your section database. Here you will find some of the reasons for the use of this screen.

You want to take a look at the sections of your Joomla! site.

You want to search for particular sections, or sort your sections in a specific way.

You want to edit existing sections, for example there title, state or image.

You want to create a new section.

You want to see how many categories, active and trashed articles a particular section contains.

Quick Tips

Click on the title of a section to edit this section.

Click on the green hook or red cross in the Published column to toggle between the states Published and Unpublished.

Click on the Column Headers to sort the sections by that column, ascending or descending.

Points to Watch

You need to select one or more sections when you want to publish or unpublish the section(s).

You need to select one or more sections when you want to copy the section(s)

When you selected more then one section and clicked on the Copy button, a new section with all content from these sections will be created.

You need to select one or more sections when you want to delete the section(s).

You need to select one or more users when you want to edit the section(s).

The sorting and filtering options overrule each other.

Dependencies

When you change the state of a section, this section will not be displayed in a Section Layout or a Section Blog Layout. When you create a new section, you can choose this section when creating a new category or a new article.